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PAGE 4 PUBLIC LEDSER AND OXFORD BANNER " FUBIilSHEW S13JII-WEEKLY DAN A. COBLE EDITOR AND MANAGER Entered at postoffice In Oxford X. C, mm second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Payable in Advance ONES YEAR - 91.50 BIGHT MONTHS 1.00 SIX MONTHS 75 FOUR MONTHS SO NOTICE Subscriptions are payable trJetly in advance. WATCH THE 1JATE OV YOUR LABEL! - All Communications. Checks and Money Ordc should be made payable and addressed to the Public Ledger. t x 3 f ltirae n mil" Q V lOrilcUUCS . UUl KJLLXJ XXV yB al chronicles, but it- helped win a great sea battle. Don't turn up' your nose at a phrase. Fifty years afterwards, Thomas Jefferson, who didn't like Patrick Henry, confessed that his "give me liberty or give me death" had done more than any other one thing to inflame the colonies to united resis- I tan ro i QUIPS AND JESTS A JOKER Do lawyers, doctors, teachers, preachers, railroad officials and pro fessional men in general know this: That under the new tax law all sal aries over $6,000 are to be taxed 8 per cent in addition to the income tax? Provision of that law which deals with excess profits and other profits on business and trade apparently specifies that the professions are to be considered in the class of trade, even though professional men have no capital invested in their business. This was a little Joker slipped in to the bill in the last hours of be ing born. A Staggering Question. One evening hubby sat in an easy chair reading his favorite newspap er. Close by was little wifey dex terously knitting a pink sweater . "What do you think of that?" finally exclaimed hubby, glancing up from his newspaper. "It is the most stupendous thing I ever heard of!" "What is?" responded little wifey with a questioning glance at the old man. "This paper says," explained father, "that a professor had figured it our that the sea could easily be pumped dry in 12,000,000 years at the rate of 1,000 gallons a second." , For a moment little mother was deeply buried in thought. Then she stopped knitting and turned to hubby. "Say, Harry," she quietly asked, where wouia iney put an iuc wai I er?" AX IMPORTANT QUESTION How much money should a man who has $60,000 spend on his wife? Some women will instantly say $60, 000. Others of the gentle sex will reluctantly admit that $59,000 might do. Still others will state varying sums of a lesser degree, but not stintingly. Women rarely ever regards money in the miserly light characteristic of man. Mrs. Melano Demetriades, who raised the momentous question in a New York court, offered no figures. She merely complains of her hus band's persimony. She declares that he never takes her to any place of amusement; never gives her the little bank checks so delightful to the feminine eye. Her only joy, she says, is a stroll along Riverside Drive, which occasions no momen tary outlay. Ungenerous is the man who does not share his world's goods with his patient little wife. Ungallent is he who permits his wife to walk when she prefers to ride in touring car. Yet at the present price of neces sities one cannot expect too much of $60,000. As a matter of fact $60, 000 placed beside the figures that are daily quoted at the present time is infinitely small change. Eventually the court will pass on the question. Solomon, who had many wives as well as judical wis dom, might have answered it off hand, but the gentlman of the Goth am -tribunal, knowing that feminine opinion is likely to take an appeal, will probably study their decision quite exhaustively. " : Something Worth While. One afternoon an elderly woman visited the State Penitentiary, and on pausing before a certain cell was told that the inmate had been im prisoned for stealing a piano. "I am very sorry to see you here," said the woman in a kindly tone, turning to the convict. "Is it true that you stole a piano?" "Yes, ma'am," frankly admitted the prisoner. And then he apolo getically added," "I did it in a mo ment of weakness." "In a moment of weakness!" gasped the -elderly visitor. "Mercy me! I suppose that had you had your usual strength you would have walked away with the whole house." PUBLIC LEDGER THE. WHOLE ARMY IS TO BE REORGANIZED. Twenty-Seven Thousand Negro Sol diers Will Be Sent Into the Trenches. (Washington Special) Every one of the sixteen cantonments,- except , that at American Lake, Washington, is affected. By the reorganization each cantonment will train an army division, 27,000 men instead of 44,000, as originally planned. Negro drafted men are to be dis tributed in such fashion that no con siderable number will be under training at any one camp. The ne groes will be organized into a divis ion at an embarkation point as rap idly as possible and will be sent to France, where they will be divided into fighting forces and labor regi iments. In all there are 83,000 ne gro men. Aproximately 27,000 will be sent into the trenches. The oth ers will be employed behind the lines. As a result, of the reorganization which contemplates the immediate filling up of national guard ranks in the south from the conscrip forces, great shifting of the national army wil soon begin. The training of a division to a camp will leave a surplus of 17,00 men at twelve of the camps. These men will be transferred to the camps at Atlanta and Little Rock, there to form separate divisions. The negro troops will be scattered as follows: Camp Devins, New England, quo ta, 600, Camp Upton, N. Y., and Porot Rico quotas, 5,800; Camp Dix its own and Florida Quotas 4,500; Camp Meade, its own quota and Tennessee's quota, 6,100; Camp Lee its own quota, 6,300; Camp Sher man, its own and Oklahoma quo tas, 3,000; Camp aJckson, South Carolina quota 5,900; Camp Gor don, Georgia quota 9,800; Camp Pike, Arkansas and Lousiana quo tas, 9,000; Camp Custer, its own quota, 600; Camp Grant, its own and North Carolina quota 7,200; Camp Taylor its own quota, 3,000; Camp Dodge its own and Alabama i quotas, 6.600; Camp Fuston its own and Mississippi quotas, 8,300; Camp Travis Texas quota, 6,500; Camp Lewis, its own quota. SATURDAY. nri1 Didn't Show Her Age. Recently a woman called on a fe male acquaintance that she hadn't seen ' for several years. First , came the usual embraces and then they began to speak of the happy past. "Just think, Sarah," observed the j hostess an hour or so later, "it has been nearly ten years since we last met." "Yes, dearie," responded the call er, with a pointed glance at the other. "Ten long years! But you don't show your age one bit." "Do you really and truly think so, Sarah?" was the delighted rejoinder of the hostess. ) "I know it, dear," was the postive response of the other. "When you went to the kitchen a few minutes ago I noticed that you had torn it from the family Bible." A MERE PHRASE The present war has not supplied' a solitary military or naval order, or telegram that has become popular. With 30,000,000 men under arms, and hundreds of warships scourging every sea around Europe, scores of fine things must be said by com manders. But alas! A stern censorship has extracted all parsonal glory, and every atom of individual distinction from bat tles on land, in the air, upon the face of the sea or beneath its waves. What school boy does not recall Ceasar's stirring words about his Tenth Legion? Who has not been thrilled by Na poleon'st "Beyond the Alps lies It aly," or his great speech at the Egyptian pyramids: "Forty cen turies now look down upon you." A noted historian has said that Nelson's imortal signal flashed to his men over the seas at Trafalgar was worth five ships of the line: "England expects every man to do his duty." "England's tars today are doing their duty on the long, long vigil in the North Sea, but no man from Admiral Jellicoe down has been per mitted to say a word for history. American annals are nicely punc tuated with epigrams forged in the white heat of battle. Perry's, "we have met the enemy and they are ours," is worth forty reams of stale, cut-and-dried, of fically censored despatches that have no more life and spirit in them than the multiplication table. "Don't give up the ship," falter ed the dying Lawrence, which, we fancy, was worth ten ships to the American cause by inflaming the fighting zeal of her men. The pious Farragut's "Damn the Attention. Road Overseers. Attention is hereby called to the overseers of roads in Granville county that there are two days of work due on the roads of Granville county by the hand in the county during this month. These days are sometimes partly thrown away by some overseers. There have been unusual storms this summer and the roads are in bad condition and it is to be hoped that this highly im portant duty of the overseer and the road hands will be well performed this year. If it is not done bad roads may be expected during the winter. With the tax levy available it is impossible to work by taxation all the roads in the county every year and these two days of work and the two days in April have been reserv ed to the roads by the Legislature so thathe people may do for them selves what the Commissioners cannot do by the limited amount of tax money available. It E. C. HARRIS. GERMANY WILL STARVE. Britain's Declaration Placing Abso lute aBn on Northern Neutrals Marks Beginning of End. Washington, Oct. 8. Great Brit ain's new embargo on shipments of virtually everything to Sweden, Nor way, Denmark and the. Netherlands is regarded here as a most impor tant move in tightening the cordon which slowly but surely is killing the military power of Germany. Coming close on the export em bargo of the United States, , which is being administered to keep from the European neutrals everything that might supply the Central Powers, Great, Britain's action is regarded as one of the most important moves of the war. As the British embargo excludes everything except printed matter, about the only things that will be permitted to go to the German peo ple by way of the neutrals will be expressions of world opinion that they should reorganize their system of Government to do away with the miltary autocracy. In the figurative sense Great Braitain holds one end of the rope and the United States holds the oth er. Gradually but surely, as it is being drawn taut, the military pow er of Germany is being strangled be cause the embargo cuts off the sup plies she has been receiving through the adjacent neutrals. It is considered likely here that France, Italy and the other coun tries alingned against Germany in the war will follow the lead taken by America and Great Britain, and that a combination thus will be formed which will absolutely pre vent materials entering northern neutral territory from these sources unless it is established beyond a doubt that Germany is not profiting. NEXT MOVEMENT TO CAMP JACKSON 26TH. - Orders Have Been Changed, Date Set For October 17. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 11. The next movement of troops to Camp aJckson will be on October 26 in stead of October 17 as had been announced. WANTED CUSOMER HAVE ONE new $400 Piono. Will sell or $265. One $350 Piano for 25 Beautiful Plain Mahogany Cases, Terms to suit your convenience. Particulars address CHAS. M. STIEFF, Durham, N. C. 0136tx BUSINESS LOCALS THE READERS OF" THE PUBLIC LEDGER SCRUTINIZE THIS COL UMN VERY CLOSELY. THIS CLASS OF ADVERTS ING IS A VERY EF FECTIVE WAY OF SECURING RE SULTS. THE RATE IS 5 CENTS A LINE EACH INSERTION, AVER AGE SIX WORDS TO THE LINE. STRICTLY CASH WITH ORDER UNLESS THE ADVERTISER RUNS A REGULAR ADVERTISEMENT WITH THIS PAPER. NONPARELL READING NOTICES AT BOTTOM OF COLUMN ON FRONT PAGE 10c. A LINE. NO AD. TAKEN FOR LESS THAN, 20 CENTS. OXFORD ORPHANAGE SHOE SHOP will repair your shoes nicely. Will send for them aaid return them promptly. Call Phone 24 jan27tf 1917 LOST. &tt from my premises a? u ST(H: OVERCOATS PICKED UP. EIGH teen long ones at a bargain. Three sold soon as shown. Fifteen left. Prices $10.00 to $15.00. Big values. Come quick. Horner Bros. Co. S19tf FOR SALE MY SEVEN ROOM residence on Rectory street, fifth house from graded school. Lot fronts 94 feet, length 245 feet, vratfv, sewerage, gas, electric lights, bath, in fact every modern convenience. W. L. Peace. S5tf FUVE TOBACCO LAND FOR SALE Cheap and on easy terms. No tobacco wilt known here. Gcod roads, good water and a healthy community, if you wish to buy farm land, write me your wants. A. G. MARTIN, Carthage, N. C. Sep26imx FARM FOR SALE CHEAP FOR quick sale, 300 acres good tobacco and grain land. Well located. For further information apply to V. D. Currin, Berea, N. C. Oct34tx OVERCOATS PICKED UP. EIGH- teen long ones at a bargain. Three sold soon as shown. Fifteen left. Prices $10.00 to $15.00. Big values. Come quick. Horner Bros. Co. S19tf TWO VALUABLE-" FARMS FOR sale. Prices reasonable and terms easy. See John W. Hester. Attor ney. Julyl8tf NO USE TALKING, SAMUEL Davis has the best engines lever run and the slickest feed cutters on the market. He will save you money. Call him up or come to see him now. HORSES AND MULES CAR OF good ones just received Come and look them over. Horner Bros. Co. Oct3tf THEY ARE COMING TO DAVIS for hardware now from all points of the compass because he has the stuff, not on the road but in stock.. Samuel Davis, the Hard ware Man. -xCU pounds. parHrVi mne mg of the whereahnf? es kOo! mule wil pleLTnoJS?"' wil settle for the same ? and I Word. Oxford, Rout bJ m my car. Party can Shoes by applying to R panQtget same a. ana PayinGg . ctl3ltT $5.00 REWAD-LOST"S or stolen, one extra L11 Dnsr male Hounri Warehouse, Oxford" Ji tavo h. p. r.iCATT rr for sale. Se' . Octl33t IF IT'S HARDWARE7rFiT ments Wagons. Buggies Hat ness, Cook Stoves, Ranges, Heat" ers Windows and Doors, then you can't afford to miss figuring Samuel Davis, Clarksville, Va. he will save you money. ' FOR RENT HANDSOME " SITTF of rooms over Montague's grocery on Main street; electric lights and water; suitable for living rooms office or business. See Mr M v Chamblee. ' ' FOR SALE OR RENT SPLEYDID belt. J. W. Graham, Aberdeen N C' Oct I02tx ANOTHER EXPRESS SHIPMENT Hart-Schaffner & Marx clothes just received. They speak for themselves. Hard to keep in siz es. Let us show you. Horner Brothers Co. SIStf BD3LES AND TESTAMENTS A new supply just received at Hall's Drug Store. Sep29tf HORSES AND MULES CAR OF good ones just received Come and look them over. Horner Bros. Co. 0ct3tf HORSES AND MULES CAR OF good ones just received Come and look them over. Horner Bros. Co. 0ct3tf THEY ARE COMING TO DAVIS for hardware now from all points of the compass because he has the stuff, not on the road but in stock.. Samuel Davis, the Hard ware Man. A CAR OF COOK STOVES, CAR OF Ranges and Heaters, car of hog wire, field fence and barb wire of all hights most salable can now be had from the old reliable Sam uel Davis. A GOOD PIANO FOR SALE ON easy terms. Apply Ato D. G. Brum- mHt Mtnvrt&v 0c3tl !i : I GRANVILLE COUNTY WIIL NEED i - 90,000 bushels of wheat next year, i 500 acres an average of 1 1-2 ! acres to the farm, will make it. ! "Will irrn matro vnnr nart Of this? J: N. PITTMAN, Octl02t PAY YOUR TAXES NOW! You Will Meet Me At Places Named i T?o1r nntl VoilT 1917 Stem, Saturday, Oct. 13th. Berea, Thursday, Oct. 18th. Wilborns Store, Friday, Oct 19th. Bullock, Saturday, Oct. 20 th. Please call at the office now or meet me on above mentioned days and settle. The law forces me to collect and settle earlier than be fore. There is positively but one go-round after which collections will be forced. . S. C. HOBGOOD, S29tf Sheriff of Granville Co. YOUNG MEN WANTED TO KNOW .... j? A that they can get aari-ecuauutJi & Marx clothing at Horner Bros. Company. Sepl2tf RUBBER THIED TRAP IN GOOD Condition At a bargain if sold at once. See D. C. Hunt, Jr. at the Union Bank & Trust Co, 06,3tx YOUNG MEN WANTED TO KNOW that they can get Hart-Schaffner ; & Marx clothing at Horner Bros. Company. - Sepl2tf 3 J 12 VJJ Commence To Begin, To Get Ready, To Start, To Go to this great exposi tion of local and foreign progress and products. More sights to see, more exhibits to admire, more objects to interest you than ever before. You simply can't afford to stay away this year. Ta fie (Graivle Co Fair, OCTOBER, Oxford, - 24th & 25th. i North Carolina-
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